Garden City vs Star

A side-by-side comparison of Garden City and Star: population, income, housing, and more.

Garden City and Star are places in Idaho. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Star has the higher population (13,231 vs 12,483 in Garden City). Star has the higher median household income ($91,318 vs $66,859 in Garden City). Star has the higher median home value ($498,900 vs $411,400 in Garden City).

Population, income & housing

	Garden City	Star
Population	12,483	13,231
Median age	44.0 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$66,859	$91,318
Median home value	$411,400	$498,900
Median gross rent	$1,206	$1,622
Housing units	5,724	4,884
Homeownership rate	65.7%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.4%	33.8%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden City	Star
Population	11,819 → 12,483 (+5.6%)	9,115 → 13,231 (+45.2%)
Median household income	$49,318 → $66,859 (+35.6%)	$65,282 → $91,318 (+39.9%)
Median home value	$238,100 → $411,400 (+72.8%)	$283,100 → $498,900 (+76.2%)
Median gross rent	$907 → $1,206 (+33.0%)	$1,143 → $1,622 (+41.9%)

Garden City

Population

11,81912,483

Median household income

$49,318$66,859

Median home value

$238,100$411,400

Median gross rent

$907$1,206

Star

Population

9,11513,231

Median household income

$65,282$91,318

Median home value

$283,100$498,900

Median gross rent

$1,143$1,622

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden City	Star
Under 5	4.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	17.3%	19.2%
18 to 24	4.8%	9.8%
25 to 34	12.5%	10.2%
35 to 44	12.6%	11.2%
45 to 54	10.0%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.1%	12.4%
65 to 74	13.9%	13.6%
75 and over	11.7%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden City	Star
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	82.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.5%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden City	Star
No high school diploma	8.8%	2.0%
High school graduate	22.7%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden City	Star
Drove alone	68.5%	68.8%
Carpooled	7.8%	10.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	19.8%
Other means	2.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden City	Star
1-unit, detached	51.6%	90.4%
1-unit, attached	13.7%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	0.2%
20 or more units	7.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.2%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Garden City	Star
Poverty rate	10.9%	8.7%
Average household size	2.24	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1994	2009